The 10-day healthcare worker ‘isolate and contact trace’ policy puts pressure on other healthcare workers and compromises hospitals’ ability to deliver quality healthcare
More than 2 400 interns and over 2 200 community service doctors are still awaiting placements, which are necessary to complete the statutory requirements so they can practice
The family of health department employee Babita Deokaran are devastated at her assassination, but proud of her role as a ‘hero’ in exposing corruption
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The vast majority of hospital admissions in Gauteng are of unvaccinated people, data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases shows
Some 22 positive cases of the B.1.1.529 variant have been confirmed in South Africa, as Covid-19 cases increase in Gauteng, the North West and Limpopo
The health department is increasingly playing fiscal catch up each year as the trainee intake continues to swell
It’s a long shot at political redemption for the former health minister and, more pressingly, a bid to avert criminal charges
Former health minister Zweli Mkhize seeks relief to declare the SIU’s conduct against him ‘unlawful and unconstitutional
Teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 will be able to register to receive their Covid-19 jab from 20 October. This group will be given only one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, for now
Vaccinology researcher Professor Shabir Madhi said young people were being vaccinated to reduce the number of people who could transmit the virus and the focus should instead be on people over the age of 50
A multi-stakeholder approach has been implement to improve teenagers’ access to sexual and reproductive health rights services
Desperate to claw back the public’s trust, the president missteped and betrayed his own weak understanding of ethics and the meaning of leadership
A step-by-step toolkit explains everything you need to know to download your digital vaccination certificate
Small businesses are on their knees
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Six of the nine implicated officials suspended for their part in the controversial Digital Vibes saga are from the health department
After initially defending Sandile Buthelezi’s personal leave, the health department has announced that he has been placed on precautionary suspension
The effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines is becoming clear from the difference in the number of people admitted to hospital between those who have received at least one vaccine dose and those who have had none
Digital certification looms, but questions remain on implementation, worldwide standardisation, fraud and the ethics of mandatory vaccinations
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Before forcing employees to be vaccinated the company or employer must consider the constitutional rights of the employees, public health imperatives and the efficient operation of the business
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Study finds most South Africans rely on healthcare workers for vaccine advice
Those without an ID, passport or asylum-seeker number fear that getting the jab will get them booted out the country – that is if they are able to access vaccination in the first place
Side-effects are common when you receive any type of vaccine, a senior vaccine researcher says
The past seven days show an 18.2% increase in new infections, compared with the previous week, says health minister
‘Red light’ as numbers getting vaccinated dips because most don’t people don’t have medical aid or are victims of misinformation — and health department needs to ‘improve user experience’
Mobile sites are a national initiative to take Covid-19 vaccines to rural communities. The Mail & Guardian visited one such site
for farmworkers in the Western Cape
Even if herd immunity is finally reached in South Africa, non-pharmaceutical measures are necessary
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Scientists know that people who have had Covid still benefit from getting vaccinated with at least one shot of the vaccine. But can you get vaccinated while you have Covid?
In its court document, the SIU sets out its case against the alleged fraudulent and corrupt relationship between Digital Vibes, Mkhize and the health department — and asks for a tender worth R150-million to be set aside and money paid back
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Pfizer will deliver 1.5-million doses on Sunday and a further 5.6-million doses by Wednesday and 1.4-million J&J vaccines will arrive by Monday
‘I will come out and explain to the nation exactly how I will deal with [the SIU] report,’ Ramaphosa said during a walkabout at vaccine sites in Gauteng
Being fully vaccinated ‘makes you a little bit more comfortable in your skin’, says 61-year-old Elize Parker
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Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says 120 private pharmacies were destroyed and 47 500 vaccines lost in KwaZulu-Natal